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Intermittent Fasting 101

If losing weight was one of your New Year's Resolutions, you may be wondering which diet plan is right for you. Intermittent fasting, an eating plan that switches between fasting and eating on a regular schedule, has really taken off in popularity the last few years, reportedly followed by celebrities like Jennifer Aniston, Scarlett Johansen, and Jennifer Lopez.  Research shows that intermittent fasting is a way to manage your weight […]

todayJanuary 19, 2022

Health & Wellness

Eating Chili Peppers can keep you Heart Healthy

Chili peppers aren’t for the faint of heart, but maybe they should be. Scientists in Italy say the spice slashes the mortality rate from heart attack and cerebrovascular disease (which restricts blood flow to the brain and includes strokes and aneurysms). The study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, included 22,811 Italian men and women, who reported their chili pepper intake over an 8-year period. At the […]

todayDecember 19, 2019

Food & Drink

Eat Chili Peppers to Keep Your Blood Pumping

Chili peppers aren’t for the faint of heart, but maybe they should be. Scientists in Italy say the spice slashes the mortality rate from heart attack and cerebrovascular disease (which restricts blood flow to the brain and includes strokes and aneurysms). The study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, included 22,811 Italian men and women, who reported their chili pepper intake over an 8-year period. At the […]

todayDecember 18, 2019

Health & Wellness

Easy Ways to Eat More Vegetables Every Day

Nearly 90% of Americans fall below fruit and vegetable consumption recommendations. Yet eating vegetables is essential to get the nutrients our bodies require to feel energized, function properly and fight disease. Including an abundance of vegetables in our diets can prove challenging, especially if you didn’t grow up eating them regularly or you feel overwhelmed at the idea of chopping, peeling and otherwise prepping them on a busy weeknight. However, […]

todayOctober 17, 2019

Food & Drink

How To be an Environmentally-Friendly Meat Eater

Experts say the best way to support the environment is to follow a vegetarian or vegan diet, because the diets' foundational foods – fruit, vegetables and grains – have the smallest carbon footprint. Producing animal products, on the other hand, requires lots of chemicals, fuel and water, and also generates waste that leads to pollution. But that doesn’t mean meat-lovers have to suffer. Ryan D. Andrews, a registered dietitian in […]

todayJanuary 22, 2019

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